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Missouri might be able to avoid losing a congressional seat after the 2010 Census, but that depends on how well the count is done in the state, analysts said this week.

Missouri remains on the bubble to keep all nine of its U.S. House seats after next year's nationwide census, but the outlook improved with new estimates released Wednesday.

Topic: Headline News Political : Congressman Seeks Interns Published Online Dec 21, 2009 - 11:21 AM U.S. Congressman Sam Graves is looking for youngmen and women interested in public service to serve as interns.

This is for the caller who was griping about the two men in the paper who were homeless and smoking cigarettes.

The House passed legislation that would permanently extend this year's estate tax rates and exemptions, but the Senate may not act on the bill before Jan.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation has notified members that, as demand for ammunition continues to outpace supply, "it is critically important that an amendment authored by Rep.

Missouri Congressman Sam Graves annouced funding for roads and other projects in the Northland.

St. Joseph roads got a boost Thursday by U.S. House passage of $1.1 trillion spending package.

President Obama aimed his economic speech Tuesday at helping small businesses, but some Missourians urged wariness, saying proposed tax cuts must be viewed in the context of other administration initiatives.

Want to create economic opportunity for Americans? Congressman Sam Graves believes one path is legislative passage of trade agreements wth Colombia, Panama and South Korea.

The U.S. House passed on Thursday the Permanent Estate Tax Relief for Families, Farmers, and Small Businesses Act.

Sen. Claire McCaskill took her crusade against wartime contracting abuses to the top rungs of the Obama administration in a hearing about Afghanistan policy.

The Office of Congressional Ethics released a seven-page missive Tuesday refuting criticisms of its investigative process made by the House ethics committee in late October, and marking the public airing of tensions in the chamber's two-tiered ethics process.

A metro organization has a dream of a complaint-free world, and are asking Congress to pass a bipartisan resolution declaring today, the day before Thanksgiving, 'Complaint-Free Wednesday.' But this seemingly simple resolution has stirred a hornets nest of, well, complaints.

In finding common ground with both major political parties as a way to help stimulate the reeling housing industry, President Barack Obama signed legislation Nov.

Business groups fear the H1N1 flu crisis could lead to legislation requiring employers to provide paid sick leave to workers.

Speaking last night about why he thinks term limits are a good idea, former Matt Blunt Chief of Staff/Congressional Candidate/MO GOP Chairman Emeritus/Serial Tax Waster Ed Martin said he supports limiting Members of U.S. House to four two-year terms , and would sponsor a Constitutional amendment in Congress to make that happen.

' Committee says U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes not being investigated ' The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Standards of Official Conduct has notified U.S. Rep.

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver wanted people to stop complaining for a day and count their blessings.

Though the the House ethics committee cleared Rep. Sam Graves last month of wrongdoing connected to an appearance by a friend last spring, the handling of Graves' matter has remained in the news.